{"id":855,"date":"2015-04-27T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/?p=855"},"modified":"2015-04-26T21:38:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T01:38:25","slug":"pa-licensees-must-comply-with-act-31-child-abuse-recognition-reporting-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/2015\/04\/27\/pa-licensees-must-comply-with-act-31-child-abuse-recognition-reporting-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"PA licensees must comply with Act 31 Child Abuse Recognition &amp; Reporting Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For all health-related professionals who practice in Pennsylvania, just a reminder that you have a new requirement for obtaining and maintaining your Occupational Therapy license in Pennsylvania. \u00a0You must complete an approved course in Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting. \u00a0**Please plan to complete the course at least 10 days before you apply for your license to allow adequate time for the course provider to report your results. Current licenses will expire on June 30th. \u00a0A list of approved courses can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dos.pa.gov\/ProfessionalLicensing\/BoardsCommissions\/Pages\/Act-31-Mandated-Child-Abuse-Recognition-and-Reporting-Continuing-Education-Providers.aspx#.VTuhdCFViko\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New license applicants: \u00a03-hour course<\/p>\n<p>Renewal license applicants: \u00a0 minimum of 2 hours<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all health-related professionals who practice in Pennsylvania, just a reminder that you have a new requirement for obtaining and maintaining your Occupational Therapy license in Pennsylvania. \u00a0You must complete an approved course in Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting. \u00a0**Please &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/2015\/04\/27\/pa-licensees-must-comply-with-act-31-child-abuse-recognition-reporting-requirements\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PA licensees must comply with Act 31 Child Abuse Recognition &amp; Reporting Requirements<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-accomplishments","category-research-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":860,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}